Starved for Science : : How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa /

Starved for Science : : How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa / / Robert Paarlberg.

In Starved for Science Paarlberg explains why poor African farmers are denied access to productive technologies, particularly genetically engineered seeds with improved resistance to insects and drought. He traces this obstacle to the current opposition to farm science in prosperous countries.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
VerfasserIn:
Paarlberg, Robert,
MitwirkendeR:
Borlaug, Norman E.,
Carter, Jimmy,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction. Why Are Africans Rejecting Biotechnology?
  • 1. Why Rich Countries Dislike Agricultural GMOs
  • 2. Downgrading Agricultural Science in Rich Countries
  • 3. Withdrawing Support for Agricultural Science in Africa
  • 4. Keeping Genetically Engineered Crops Out of Africa
  • 5. Drought-Tolerant Crops-Only for the Rich?
  • Conclusion. An Imperialism of Rich Tastes
  • References
  • Index

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